SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) – A new update to SK Telecom’s artificial intelligence voice assistant NUGU will see users shop online through voice commands without the hassle of turning on their mobile or laptop. SK Telecom has teamed up with its e-commerce platform 11st, one of the largest online shopping malls in South Korea, to [...]
GOYANG, South Korea, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) – Making an appearance at an auto show for the first time, Naver, operator of Korea’s leading web portal, showcased its ambitious self-driving technology at the 2017 Seoul Motor Show. But it wasn’t the Naver autonomous vehicle that the tech giant was bragging about at the show, it [...]
DAEJEON, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Security and privacy concerns over UAVs are rising as quickly as the expansion of the drone industry. In January 2015, a drunk employee from a U.S. government intelligence agency crashed a drone on the White House lawn, while in April of the same year, a Japanese man was arrested [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. showcased its new Galaxy S8 series Thursday with a new, sleek design and cutting-edge features not seen in its predecessors such as the Bixby voice assistant. The company’s new flagship, powered by Google Android 7.0 Nougat, will be released in two versions that make use of [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Heated discussions are taking place online over a nickname for Samsung’s much anticipated new Galaxy S8 prior to its release, after LG’s new G6 smartphone had the misfortune of being dubbed the “impeachment phone” due to its release coinciding with the day former president Park Geun-hye was removed from office. [...]
JEONJU, South Korea, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Making further progress to market its ambitious fusion sport, the South Korean city of Jeonju will begin sales of “drone soccer balls” starting in April. The idea was first announced in September of last year when city officials said they would present a new sport dubbed ‘drone [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean tech giant LG Electronics Inc. unveiled its test lab to the public for the first time to reassure customers of the safety of its flagship smartphone G6 and its battery, industry watchers said Sunday. The company last week took the press on a tour of its smartphone [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea is planning to train 1,700 drone operators a year to meet growing demand in the commercial drone industry, the transport ministry said Tuesday. The country will add four official centers aimed at training drone operators this month, bringing the total to 11, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure [...]
SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s information technology (IT) industry depends overwhelmingly on hardware, failing to keep pace with the global trend of focusing on software, a report said Monday. According to the report by the Institute for Information & Communications Technology Promotion, software companies accounted for 15 percent of the total market [...]
SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics Inc. said Sunday that its latest high-end smartphone, the G6, has sold over 30,000 units in just two days since its debut here, heralding better-than-expected sales down the road. LG Electronics began selling the G6 in South Korea on Friday, as it seeks to revive its money-losing [...]